The Zoology Photo Lab served the staff of the Zoology department in Madison, Wisconsin, for many years. This collection documents the rooms and equipment that kept it running: enlargers, developing trays, print washers, and the 4x5 copy camera.
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Zoology Photo Lab's Finishing RoomZoology Photo Lab's finishing room stocked with glass-front supply cabinets, a hanging roll of film ready to trim, lightboxes, paper trimmer, and refrigerator to store film.Black and white enlargerA condenser enlarger in the Zoology Photo Lab, its column tipped back over the baseboard with chemistry boxes shelved overhead.4x5 Camera and Vacuum EaselA large-format bellows camera faces a hinged vacuum easel in the zoology photo lab. Mounting boards and copy stock wait stacked at the base of the stand.
Color Darkroom EnlargerA tilted color enlarger stands over a bench in the zoology darkroom, surrounded by timers, a color analyzer, easels and boxes of paper.Film Developing DarkroomThe film side of the zoology photo lab: a stainless sink with mixing valve and thermometer, graduates and funnel on the duckboard, and a process timer keeping watch from its shelf. Printed instructions on the wall corkboard.Print Wash Tray, Zoology Photo LabA finished bar chart print rinses in a tray of running water at the zoology photo lab, the siphon hose curled over the rim and the surface still moving.Copy Work InstructionsA typed reference sheet from the zoology photo lab, listing exposure brackets and development times for copy work from negatives, slides, and originals. Film stocks like Kodalith and Ektachrome dupe film set the era.
Chemical Mixing SinkA corner of the Zoology Photo Lab: a deep stainless sink, jugs of chemistry stored underneath, and a row of framed prints propped above the shelving.Black and white print developing trays in the table sinkA row of processing trays lines the stainless sink in the zoology photo lab, mixing faucets.Print Washer and DryerA rotary print washer and a drum print dryer stand side by side against the wall, a chemical cabinet mounted above and a print collection tray left on the dryer's apron.
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